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I built a new LED light for my studio. You can sorta see it in the reflection. This is one of my first shots with it. I pretty much love it and am probably gonna build another one but make it more portable ... Maybe even one I can Velcro to a frame, then take it off, roll it up, and pack it away easily. We'll see. This is my actor friend, Warren G. Hall.

This is no a problem that has a solution. It has only agreements to disagree.

I disagree profoundly with the KKK but I defend their right to free speech and, yes, even when it points it's boney finger of vitriol my direction because of some of the beliefs I hold dear.

I have an idea..."Hey, Muslims, if you don't like Charlie Hebdo cartoons, don't fuckin look at them" because there are MILLIONS of your brothers who are peace loving, free speech defending, and TRUTHFUL practitioners of your "faith". Matter of fact, a French police officer that these guys murdered was Muslim.

In a society, we have to have rules, laws, and boundaries. I could possibly drive 50KPH in a 25KPH zone but there are laws against that because at some point in time, lawmakers decided the risk to reward balance was too great to drive faster than 25. Even though I am (confession alert!) a bit of a voyeur and even a bit of an exhibitionist, I don't have or watch sex in public because there are laws against it (damn!). I SHOULD be able to freely fuck on a city fountain, but some Bible thumper took exception to it when someone did it once, so lawmakers did their thing.

This silly analogy can be extended to the extreme, as it was/is with Charlie Hebdo.

The French have laws against veils, crosses, etc etc for a just that particular social reason. Frankly, I'm iffy about it, but if I were Muslim, I'd abide by that law because it is the law of the land I choose to live in. Don't like it? MOVE, or get involved in the accessible French system to try and change it. Terrorism has historically not worked and now the Muslims have an even BIGGER PR problem. Even folks who disagree with some of Charlie's provocative tactics, have now come to defend their "right" to publish what they will. Millions of dollars have now poured in to keep that magazine running and people are flocking to want to work for the publication.

So perhaps nocturnaliss.deviantart.com is right, "And as I write this, I get this feeling the third world war has already begun, and nobody has quite understood that yet (and I also hope I'm wrong)."

The hope I maintain is that we are now coming into an age where people are more informed, more educated, and more world aware. With education, statistics suggest, religion dissipates and it's power shrinks. Not in my lifetime I know and probably not even in the lifetime of my children, but if humanity survives, my hope is a larger awareness of the consequences of actions will precede the actions themselves. That is my HOPE.

In the meantime, I turn 65 in March and am able to see more clearly the scope and limitations of my own sphere of influence to make this hope become flesh. But as I have produced two children who now share this hope, Mr. Jihadist just had a litter of 7.

Rather than take up more space, I will simply refer you all to the Bard, who said it best.

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LOL...I can't find that image anywhere. It's certainly not the equipment but what we do with it. That journal I posted was a reaction to SO MUCH bad photography by people calling themselves photographers when they hardly owned any equipment at all. Like a guy who owns a knife, so he calls himself a surgeon! haI'm sure you'll do great things with your new camera! It's FUN!

Haha well I figured any encouragement to post more was worth a shot. <3 Especially if you kept comments disabled. But I know you have your reasons. ps: Thanks for visiting my page! Totally made my day that you'd have a peek!Your work inspired me a lot and showed me that nudity doesn't have to bedemeaning, it is empowering, beautiful, and natural, when done right, so that is what I aspire to create, but in a different medium. <3

Bucket list:1. Meet the mighty Squicken, Master of All He Surveys and future Lord of the Galaxy.2. Attend Burning Man. Get sunburned.3. Learn some Japanese. Visit Japan.4. Collaborate with Pelicanh on an art book of surreal image and word.

1) Maybe late next year. I definitely want to meet the Dauphin before he starts college!

2) Unlikely – I'll still be building our new house in September. But 2016 might work.

3) Watashi no hobākurafuto wa unagi de ippai desu, Michaelhelms-san.

4) Yes we must! You have a portfolio of the most remarkable erotically surreal images, both delightful and distinctly dangerous, crying out for an artistic presentation with serious intent (to knock the viewer’s socks off!). I see them twinned with hand grenade blasts of thematically-related automatic (or at least dream-like) writing sourced from a variety of authors, representing different cultures and languages. Copyright could be an issue in many instances, but that’s what research is for. It would be fun to supplement your existing catalogue with new images conceived and executed specifically for this project.

I was stationed in Yokosuka, Japan for 3 years. Im going back there in a few months to live permanently, so I completely understand the craziness that foreigners have in Japan. Such a beautiful country, Im looking forward to living the rest of my life in that country. Glad to see other people appreciate Japan.

Totally understandable. Do you still do them at least? do you post anywhere else?haha yes I get the occasional creepy/ troll email or comment but so far my DA experience has been pretty smooth considering I know how bad other nude models or photographers get harassed, I feel pretty lucky, hopefully that doesn't change!